Indian Imperial Police

The Indian Imperial Police was the police administration in the British Raj, established in 1861 by the United Kingdom with the goal of policing the British-ruled parts of the Indian Subcontinent. Until 1893, the Police Service's senior grade ranks were made locally in India, especially to European officers in the British Indian Army, and the vast majority of the regular policemen were loyal Indians. By the 1930s, the Police exercised an unprecedented degree of authority within the colonial administration, and it would be involved with the suppression of the Indian National Congress, Anushilan Samiti, and other nationalist groups. The police force was replaced with the Indian Police Service when India became independent in 1948.